The Critical Point

Be there or be ◼️.

Professor Flaherty joined the staff yesterday for a crash course in InDesign. We learned about parent pages, picas, bleeds, slugs, and character styles. The best advice she gave us was, when in doubt look around!

Before you know it, it’ll be February and submissions for our 48th edition will be due. What’s our best advice? Don’t wait until then to finish your piece.

It’s usually pretty clear when a piece was workshopped overnight, and very rarely are those the submissions that get published. Besides, we want you to enjoy the process of crafting your submission!

Here are a few writing prompts to get your wheels turning.